[Ouderkirk]

To the young women carrying the sign...that history you speak of? You need to spend more time reading it yourself because I don't think you understand it either.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States[1] to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which Mexico ceded 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) (about 40% of its pre-war territory) to the United States in exchange for US$15 million. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million in debts Mexico owed to American citizens.

The spoils of a war Mexico lost.

[cripplecreek]

I get pretty tired of those idiots screaming “Learn the history” when they clearly don’t know it themselves.

The few Mexicans that were in what became the present day USA happily changed sides. Those people were basically left as place holders and all but forgotten by Mexico.

As I understand it, American soldiers were welcomed throughout much of what became present day northern Mexico as well. There was no real serious resistance until American soldiers approached Mexico city.

As far as I’m concerned we should have kept the northern half of the country as well.